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FDA approves meningitis vaccine
• Drug News • Jan 17 05
French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis has won U.S. approval to sell a new vaccine designed to give longer protection against meningitis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection.
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Public to view drug side effects
• Drug News • Jan 17 05
Patients will be able to examine data on the safety of different medicines, the government has announced.
Anonymised data on suspected adverse drug reactions…
US advisers reject Merck non-prescription drug
• Drug News • Jan 14 05
A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.‘s cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
Merck’s research did not…
States look to Europe for prescription drugs
• Drug News • Jan 14 05
U.S. states looking to Canada for steep discounts on prescription drug prices are increasingly turning to Europe for deals now that the Canadian government…
Viagra safe with blood pressure drugs, study shows
• Drug News • Jan 14 05
Men who take multiple blood pressure medications can also take Viagra without risking additional problems, according to a new study.
In the study, funded…
Johnson & Johnson withdraws 300 stents from market
• Drug News • Jan 13 05
Johnson & Johnson on Thursday said it has voluntarily withdrawn 300 of its Cypher stents from the US market after determining that the coating…
Antiviral drugs can be less costly than flu shots
• Drug News • Jan 13 05
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the saying goes - but it may not always hold true when it comes…
Taser says study shows stun guns safe for heart
• Drug News • Jan 13 05
Taser International on Thursday said a study in a cardiology journal found that products such as the company’s stun guns are not dangerous to…
FDA warns Pfizer over painkiller ads
• Drug News • Jan 13 05
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc. that television and print advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra misled consumers, according…
Drug firms offer saving card for U.S. uninsured
• Drug News • Jan 11 05
Top pharmaceutical companies launched a new prescription drug savings card on Tuesday in an attempt to help reduce costs for the roughly 45 million…
Vitamin C no boost to exercise performance - study
• Drug News • Jan 07 05
Researchers who set out to prove that a mega-dose of vitamin C can improve exercise performance in fact showed it has no effect at…
Scientist to submit Vioxx study, attorney says
• Drug News • Jan 04 05
The U.S. drug safety officer who warned months ago about risks from Merck & Co. Inc.‘s painkiller Vioxx won clearance to publish a study…
U.S. FDA warns Barr over Seasonale commercial
• Drug News • Dec 31 04
A television commercial for Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.‘s Seasonale misleads consumers by excluding risk information to make the birth control pill seem safer, U.S.…
UK journal sends Prozac documents to US regulator
• Drug News • Dec 31 04
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) said on Friday it has sent documents to U.S. health regulators that it said appear to suggest a link…
Banning a drug carrying some risk is not always best prescription
• Drug News • Dec 30 04
“This is a very confusing situation,” a top Food and Drug Administration scientist, Sandra Kweder, said of the controversy over Celebrex and other popular…
Drug Companies Issue Michael Moore Warning
• Drug News • Dec 30 04
Some drug companies want to make sure filmmaker Michael Moore gets lots and lots of attention - especially if he sets foot on their…
Celebrex prescriptions plunge after risk found - WSJ
• Drug News • Dec 30 04
New prescriptions for Pfizer Inc.‘s arthritis drug Celebrex fell 56 percent last week after the company released data showing the drug may increase the…
Drug Treats Painful Side Effect of Chemotherapy
• Drug News • Dec 29 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Amgen intravenous drug Kepivance (palifermin) to prevent mucositis, a common side effect among blood…
Longer-Term Sleeping Pill Approved
• Drug News • Dec 29 04
Current sleeping pills shouldn’t be used for more than seven to 10 days, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends, citing the possibility that…
New drug approved for childhood leukemia
• Drug News • Dec 29 04
Genzyme Corp. announced Wednesday that its drug Clolar has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of children…
Drug improves symptoms of diabetic nerve damage
• Drug News • Dec 28 04
People with diabetes are prone to develop nerve damage that causes numbness, tingling or pain - which may reduce awareness of skin damage…
Introgen files for FDA approval of cancer drug
• Drug News • Dec 24 04
Introgen Therapeutics Inc. announced on Thursday that it has filed a request with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval of its cancer…
Cancer drug patent sparks Indian legal battle
• Drug News • Dec 24 04
As India wrestles with its patent laws and a Jan. 1 deadline for compliance with World Trade Organization regulations, a dispute over a popular…
Organic matter for cancer drug
• Drug News • Dec 24 04
Somewhere within a vast, frozen storehouse of tree bark, fungi and marine creatures, a breakthrough cancer drug may be hiding.
Cracking the code begins…
Review ordered of studies using Celebrex, Bextra
• Drug News • Dec 23 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative studies involving Pfizer Inc.‘s painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, in light of…